Terrorist-plot to hit Marina Bay with rockets foiled by Indonesian authorities

TODAY newspaper citing local reports from Indonesia said that its local authorities have arrested six terror suspects for allegedly trying to hit Marina Bay with a rocket.  They had allegedly planned to fire from Batam.

It further reported: “The suspects, aged 19 to 46, were arrested on Friday morning (Aug 5) by Special Detachment 88, Indonesia’s elite counter-terrorism squad. The group is said to have links to Bahrun Naim, the alleged mastermind behind the attacks in central Jakarta earlier this year.”